Announced solar-powered laptop with an operating time of about 10 hours

Several different resources were noted in the description of the announced SOL laptop produced by the company of the same name, which is a subsidiary of the Canadian WeWi Telecommunications Inc. The attractiveness of the novelty is due to a combination of two important factors - costing $ 350 in the US (in developing countries they promise cheaper by $ 50) and high autonomy due to the solar panels included. All this is controlled by one of the latest versions of Ubuntu and preceded by the loud phrase "THE WORLD'S FIRST TRULY SUN-POWERED LAPTOP".

Laptop specifications are as follows:

• Processor: Intel Atom D2500 1.86 GHz Duo Core, Intel 945GSE + ICH7M
• Hard Drive: Seagate 2.5 ”SATA HDD 320GB
• RAM: Kingston 2-4GB DDRIII SDRAM
• Video: 1080p HD Vide, Built-In Intel GMA3600 Graphics
• Screen: 13.3 "LCD, WXGA, 1366 x 768
• Camera: 3MP
• Sound: Realtek ALC661 HD Audio, Built-in 2 Speakers | Internal mic + 1/8 ”input
• Modem: 3G / 4G World / multimode LTE
• GPS: gpsOne Gen8A
• WiFi: MIMO 802.11b / gn (2.4 / 5GHz)
• Bluetooth: Integrated Digital Core BT4.0
• 3 USB2.0, Headphone jack, HDMI, LAN (10/100), Card reader (SD / MS / MMC)

Behind all these relatively good features lies the main “feature” - the autonomy of the laptop, provided by solar panels. It is argued that the device can be launched "directly from the battery", which charges for about two hours and provides a running time depending on the load and charge level at 8-10 hours.
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It looks like working with a SOL netbook like this - on the back panel there is a slot for solar batteries, which you need to open at the right moment, having received something like this:



The laptop itself, as claimed by the manufacturer, is made of reliable materials and, given its military background, should serve as a model of reliability. SOL design is also openly militaristic:



SOL will be available in the United States in two versions: the first, priced at $ 350; the second is fifty dollars more expensive and all the listed "features" will also have water resistance (submersible).

You can get acquainted with the details (as long as in the form of an announcement, the status of the news available soon, and generally on OMG! Ubuntu, the news was treated with a fair amount of skepticism) on the official website of the manufacturer .